Who, ignoring the Reality, engage in pleasantries.

Those who are playing in pursuits.

such as play at plunging,

all those who [throughout their lives] but idly played with things vain –

Those who in wading sport themselves.

Who are playing in falsehood.

Those who play with speculation.

Those who play with speculation.

Those who play with speculation.

Those who play with speculation.

those who amuse themselves with falsehood!

and amuse themselves with vain argumentation.

Those who were, in their falsehood, playing.

Who play in talk of grave matters;

—those who play around in vain talk,

those who are in plunging, playing.

Who are in [empty] discourse amusing themselves.

and who indulged in false disputes against (God's revelations).

Those who sport entering into vain discourses.

Allatheena hum fee khawdin yalAAaboona

alladhīna hum fī khawḍin yalʿabūna

who divert themselves with idle chatter:

That play (and paddle) in shallow trifles.